NEW ARTICLE!
“Misinterpretation of the “Overdose Crisis” continues to fuel misunderstanding of the role of prescription opioids”
Written with @GhanaboyPharmd @JeffreyFudin @headdock
#TwitteRx #MedTwitter
A brief 🧵to highlight the FACTS:
dovepress.com/misinterpretat…
“Misinterpretation of the “Overdose Crisis” continues to fuel misunderstanding of the role of prescription opioids”
Written with @GhanaboyPharmd @JeffreyFudin @headdock
#TwitteRx #MedTwitter
A brief 🧵to highlight the FACTS:
dovepress.com/misinterpretat…
This editorial looks to address ongoing #false narratives regarding opioid prescribing and its current role in the #overdosecrisis
In it, we use several excerpts from a recently published news release by PROP, given the distorted reality it represents
supportprop.org/opioid-news/pr…
In it, we use several excerpts from a recently published news release by PROP, given the distorted reality it represents
supportprop.org/opioid-news/pr…
1️⃣:
We challenge the view that continued reductions in prescription opioids will be the “key to ending this [overdose] epidemic”…
As if cutting prescriptions in half throughout the US the past decade has resulted in reduced overdose deaths 🧐🧐🧐
We challenge the view that continued reductions in prescription opioids will be the “key to ending this [overdose] epidemic”…
As if cutting prescriptions in half throughout the US the past decade has resulted in reduced overdose deaths 🧐🧐🧐
2️⃣:
We provide a nuanced discussion around the real impact of the 2016 CDC prescribing guidelines and emphasize the inherent risks when blanket metrics are used that evade patient centered care (ie. Arbitrary MEDD cutoffs).
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
We provide a nuanced discussion around the real impact of the 2016 CDC prescribing guidelines and emphasize the inherent risks when blanket metrics are used that evade patient centered care (ie. Arbitrary MEDD cutoffs).
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
3️⃣:
We push back on the exhausting narrative around “the US using more Rx opioids than any country in the world”
We especially highlight the dangers around making simplistic statements like this without accounting for worldwide health access disparities and opioid preferences.
We push back on the exhausting narrative around “the US using more Rx opioids than any country in the world”
We especially highlight the dangers around making simplistic statements like this without accounting for worldwide health access disparities and opioid preferences.
4️⃣:
We review (briefly) the actual evidence associated with long term use of opioids for pain, and do not just rely on one greatly flawed study as a resource.
Feel free to share, retweet and disseminate widely!
#CPP #opioids #TheTruth
We review (briefly) the actual evidence associated with long term use of opioids for pain, and do not just rely on one greatly flawed study as a resource.
Feel free to share, retweet and disseminate widely!
#CPP #opioids #TheTruth
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